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September is your chance to vote for the Ontario Library Association's Evergreen Award! As is usually the case, the 2018 Evergreen list features a diverse list of titles. It's a Canadian (and readers' choice!) literary award with a shortlist that spans multiple genres, includes both fiction and non-fiction, and features diverse authors and perspectives. It is certainly a book list that is well-representative of what Canadian authors have to offer Canadian readers! You only need to read one the the ten titles to be eligible to vote at your local branch. At the end of the month, we will tally the results and let you know what is the most popular Can-Lit book in Lennox & Addington. In October, during Ontario Public Library Week, the official Canada-wide winner will be announced. Stay tuned! -- Catherine
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Toucan keep a secret by Donna AndrewsLocking up after an event at the Trinity Episcopal church, Meg Langslow discovers the body of an elderly parishioner, who had threatened to reclaim his wife's ashes from the church crypt, and uncovers local secrets with the help of The Reverend Smith's foster toucan.Genre: Cozy mysteries; Gentle readsThemes: Life in small townsCharacter: QuirkyPace: Fast-pacedTone: Funny; Offbeat
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An unwanted guest by Shari LapeñaWeathering a storm that has cut them off from the outside world, the guests at a Catskills skiing lodge panic as an unknown assailant starts killing them off one by one.Genre: MysteriesThemes: Locked room mysteriesTone: Menacing; Suspenseful
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The man who couldn't missby David HandlerWorking on a new novel and holding out hope of reconciling with his actress ex, Hollywood ghostwriter Hoagy and his beloved basset hound help the Connecticut police investigate a murder in a fabled summer playhouse.Genre: MysteriesCharacter: Likeable; SnarkyStoryline: Character-drivenTone: SardonicWriting Style: Compelling
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Stygian by Sherrilyn KenyonThis steamy romance races the story of an Urian who questions his predatory role and travels to the depths of Hades to save the woman he loves, at the risk of multiple worlds.Genre: Paranormal romancesCharacter: ComplexStoryline: Intricately plotted; World-buildingPace: Fast-pacedTone: SteamyWriting Style: Compelling
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The river house by Carla NeggersHired to organize an entrepreneurial boot camp, a successful party planner reconnects with a childhood friend who has become a high-flying businessman and whose professional ambitions complicate their growing bond.Genre: Contemporary romancesThemes: Home again; Love in a small townCharacter: Well-developedTone: Atmospheric; Mildly sensuousWriting Style: Engaging
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The family gathering by Robyn CarrThe rustic campground at the crossroads of the Colorado and Continental Divide trails welcomes everyone—whether you are looking for a relaxing escape or a whole new lease on life.Genre: Contemporary romancesCharacter: Well-developedPace: Leisurely pacedTone: Moving; SteamyWriting Style: Engaging
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Every time you go away by Beth HarbisonReturning to the beach house where her husband died suddenly years earlier, Willa is overwhelmed by memories and reaches out to her son and friends to reconnect and heal.Genre: Women's lives and relationshipsThemes: Bouncing back;Second chance at romanceCharacter: LikeableStoryline: Character-drivenTone: Heartwarming; Moving; RomanticWriting Style: Engaging
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By invitation onlyby Dorothea Benton FrankA young, sophisticated Chicago woman falls for the owner of a farm on Johns Island, a lush lowcountry paradise off the coast of South Carolina, and trades the bustle of cosmopolitan city life for the vagaries of a small Southern community.Genre: Southern fiction; Women's lives and relationshipsTone: Heartwarming; Strong sense of placeWriting Style: Engaging
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The flower arrangement by Ella GriffinLara has a knack for translating her customers' feelings into the perfect flower arrangements, but what will it take to open her own heart?Genre: Chick litThemes: Coping with death; Ensemble castsCharacter: LikeableTone: Heartwarming; UpbeatWriting Style: Descriptive; Engaging
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An ocean of minutes by Thea LimWhen Frank catches a deadly flu virus, his girlfriend Polly will do whatever it takes to save him. She agrees to a radical plan -- time travel has been invented in the future to thwart the virus. If she signs up for a one-way-trip into the future to work as a bonded laborer, the company will pay for the life-saving treatment Frank needs. Genre: Dystopian fiction; Literary fiction; Themes: Time slip Storyline: Nonlinear Tone: Moving; Romantic Writing Style: Compelling
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Foe : a novel by Iain ReidIn a novel set in the near future, farm dwellers Junior and Henrietta have their lives disrupted when Junior is called for a distant mission and Henrietta receives an unconventional replacement so he won't be missed.Genre: Science fictionThemes: Send in the clones; Space colonizationCharacter: Well-developedStoryline: Character-driven; Intricately plottedTone: Atmospheric; SuspensefulWriting Style: Compelling; Spare; Stylistically complex;
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Time's convertby Deborah HarknessA Revolutionary War-era doctor seizes a chance to become a vampire, only to find the ancient traditions governing his new life clashing with the deeply held beliefs of his former one.Genre: Contemporary fantasyCharacter: BroodingPace: Leisurely pacedWriting Style: Richly detailed
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Tear me apart by J. T. EllisonWhen a life-threatening illness reveals that she is not related to her parents, a competitive skier uncovers the sinister impact of lies and desperation on two families.Genre: Psychological suspenseCharacter: Well-developedStoryline: Intricately plottedPace: IntensifyingTone: Suspenseful
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The chrysalis by Brendan DeneenSpawned by author Brendan Deneen’s own experiences relocating to a New Jersey suburb with his young family, The Chrysalis combines chills, thrills, and a literal monster in the basement with commentary on love, marriage, and impending parenthood.Genre: Horror; Science FictionThemes: Moving to a haunted houseStoryline: Intricately plottedTone: Creepy; MenacingWriting Style: Compelling
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Cross her heartby Sarah PinboroughA devoted single parent hides the truth about her daughter's absent father and asks her best friend for help when challenges from her past threaten her teenage daughter.Genre: Psychological suspense; Multiple perspectives; Themes: On the runCharacter: Relatable; Strong female; Well-developedStoryline: Character-driven; Intricately plottedPace: Fast-pacedTone: Menacing; SuspensefulWriting Style: Compelling; Stylistically complex
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The clockmaker's daughter by Kate MortonMore than 150 years after an artist's retreat on the banks of the Upper Thames ends in murder, theft and ruin, a London archivist is drawn by a striking photograph and a sketchbook to discover a manor's secrets.Genre: Gothic fiction; Multiple perspectives; Parallel narrativesThemes: Web of connectionsCharacter: Large cast of charactersPace: Leisurely pacedTone: Bittersweet; DramaticWriting Style: Descriptive; Stylistically complex
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Where the crawdads sing by Delia OwensViewed with suspicion in the aftermath of a tragedy, a beautiful hermit who has survived for years in a marsh becomes targeted by unthinkable forces. Set in 1950s/60s coastal North Carolina.Genre: Coming-of-age stories; Literary fictionThemes: Green readsCharacter: Quirky; SympatheticStoryline: Character-drivenPace: Leisurely pacedTone: Atmospheric; Romantic
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Washington Blackby Esi EdugyanUnexpectedly chosen to be a family manservant, an 11-year-old Barbados sugar-plantation slave is initiated into a world of technology and dignity before a devastating betrayal propels him throughout the world in search of his true self.Genre: Black Canadian fiction; Canadian fiction; Historical fictionThemes: Facing racism; On the run; Unlikely friendshipsCharacter: Authentic; FlawedStoryline: Character-drivenWriting Style: Compelling; Lyrical; Richly detailed
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